The point is that I can choose not to buy pharma products if I don't trust them. That's not the case for the state.

I was listening to my previous pastor give a sermon on the church of Laodicea. He used his daughter as an example in the beginning of the sermon and I saw something we can learn from it.

They go around the table at dinner time giving every member of the family a chance to talk. Their 3 year old daughter was giving a list of what she wanted for Christmas: a Barbie belt, a Barbie bike, and a Barbie gun. He told asked her if she really thought these things would make her happy. She replied, “yes.” His wife spoke up and said that things don’t make us happy. Jesus makes us happy. All we need is Jesus. The little girl piped up, “and makeup.”

Too often we think we need Jesus plus something else to make us happy. We are not content with Jesus alone. I also thought the makeup was an appropriate extra. Makeup is something used to cover up blemishes without fixing them. It often makes the blemishes worse in the long run.

What is your “makeup”? What are you adding to Jesus? What are using to cover up your sins, your sadness, your unfruitfulness?

All we need is Jesus. He should be our all in all and what we desire more than anything else.

#jesus #jesusislord #christian #christianity #god #biblestr #bible #biblicalwomanhood

#carnivore

Eating red meat, especially when processed into products like sausages and hamburgers, increases the risk of dementia and cognitive decline. For each daily serving consumed (approximately 85 grams, about the size of a bar of soap), cognitive aging accelerates by roughly 1.6 years. This finding comes from a large-scale study lasting 43 years, conducted by epidemiologists from Mass General Brigham, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University in Boston, recently published in Neurology. The same study shows that consuming legumes, fish, or nuts reduces the risk of dementia by 20%.

The research involved 133,771 individuals with an average baseline age of 49, among whom 11,173 were diagnosed with dementia up to 43 years later. Participants underwent periodic checkups and cognitive function tests, while also completing dietary questionnaires. The study revealed that those consuming a daily average of a quarter or more of a serving of processed red meat (equivalent to about two slices of bacon, one and a half slices of bologna, or one hot dog) had a 13% higher risk of developing dementia compared to those consuming minimal amounts (less than one-tenth of a serving per day). Researchers found that cognitive test scores were lower among individuals who consumed more processed meat, with cognitive aging accelerated by approximately 1.6 years per daily serving.

The study also examined self-reported subjective cognitive decline, which can precede the appearance of cognitive decline detected by standard assessments. A higher risk of subjective cognitive decline was associated with the consumption of both processed and unprocessed meats (such as beef, pork, and hamburgers). The risk of self-reported subjective cognitive decline increased by 14% among individuals consuming a quarter or more servings of processed meat per day compared to those with minimal consumption, and by 16% among those consuming one or more servings of unprocessed meat daily compared to those consuming less than half a serving. The study indicates that replacing processed red meat with protein sources such as nuts, legumes, or fish can reduce the risk of dementia by approximately 20%.

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan. 17 Biggest fears for the writing world in 2025?

This isn't just for 2025, but an ongoing issue from someone who remembers the days when all one needed to get published was paper and a pen or a typewriter. Just 40 years ago, I could hand a typesetter a few sheets of yellow copy paper typed on a manual Underwood and the next day my column was in 10,000 newspapers being delivered in eight communities.

To submit a short story to a magazine last week I needed access to an [expensive, energy hungry] computer, an [expensive] software program that could put out a .Docx document, and [expensive] internet service.

I was thinking about all those in the world who cannot afford or do not want to be hooked up to all that costly and environmentally unfriendly technology who will never see their ideas in print because of that.

The magazine says it accepts "traditional" manuscripts from "established" authors. Louise Penny could mail in a scribbled napkin. . .

Pharma companies don't pay pensions. The government on the other hand - they do have incentives to shorten citizens' life span.

This makes no sense. If people got healthier, they would live longer. And old people are the best customers for big pharma. Nobody wants to kill their best customers.

Zapping ⚡️

Hotel carnivore, if you care about your health you can make carnivore work whereever you are. I take a portable hob and cool box when I can't book a hotel with a kitchen. #carnivore

I turn 40 in a couple months here. Trying to be in the best shape of my life by then. LFG.

QUESTION: What do people stock their house with for healthy high protein snacks and easy prep meals? I need ideas.

Earlier today, someone shared a piece that made two claims: 1) posting is “feminine,” and 2) that Facebook is for women.

While I think a case can easily be made that men frequently communicate in a way that is different than women, I wouldn’t go as far to say that FB is ‘for women.’

What I would say, is that the experience of using FB is strikingly different for men and women, and the reason for that difference likely has everything to do with Meta.